开 (kāi) means Open (start - drive - boil). Below are 24 of the 57 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
他给我 开 了一些药。
tā gěi wǒ kāile yīxiē yào.
He prescribed me some medicine.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
我打 开 门，房间里很黑。
wǒ dǎkāi mén, fángjiān lǐ hěn hēi.
I opened the door and the room was dark.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
我离 开 老家已经十年了。
wǒ líkāi lǎojiā yǐjīng shínián le / liǎo / liào.
It's been ten years since I left my home town.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
两年前，我决定 开 始跑步。
liǎng niánqián, wǒ juédìng kāishǐ pǎobù.
Two years ago I decided to start running.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
九点十分，她的车快 开 了。
jiǔ diǎn shífēn, tā de / dì chē kuài kāile.
At ten past nine her train was about to leave.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
下雨的时候，爸爸 开 车送我。
xiàyǔ de / dì shíhou, bàba kāichē sòng wǒ.
When it rains, dad drives me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
From the travel phrasebook
请 开 一下后备箱。
Qǐng kāi yíxià hòubèixiāng.
Please open the boot.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
水要打 开 喝一口。
Shuǐ yào dǎkāi hē yì kǒu.
Open your water and take a sip.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
他不会 开 车。
Tā bú huì kāichē.
He can't drive.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 会 / 能 / 可以 — three ways to say "can"
火车快要 开 了。
Huǒchē kuàiyào kāi le.
The train is about to leave.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen
窗户被风吹 开 了。
Chuānghu bèi fēng chuīkāi le.
The window was blown open by the wind.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 被 passive
开 appears in 57 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 开
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 开
How is 开 used in a sentence?
This page shows 57 sentences using 开 (kāi, "Open (start - drive - boil)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 开 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 开 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 开 an HSK word?
Yes — 开 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 开?
The dictionary page for 开 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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